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PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

C. M. RHODES.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES.

Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. RHODES, OF STEUBENV'ILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE RHODESMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFIGATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,444, datedSeptember 20, 1904:.

Application filed January 6, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. RHODES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWeather-Strips, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings. 7

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inweather-strips, and more particularly to that class which are employedupon window-frames to exclude moisture, air, and dirt from the interiorof the building.

Another object of my invention is to provide a weather-strip which maybe easily at tached to the frame of a window and its sashes, the stripto be operated to close or open when the sashes are raised or lowered.

Briefly described, my improved weatherstrip comprises three sections.The first section, which will be hereinafter termed a shed, is securedto one of the sashes. The second section or shutter is pivotally mountedon the third section, which is secured to the other sash upon its upperedge.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the frame of awindow, showing my improved weather-strip in a closed position. Fig. 2is a fragmentary perspective view of the upper sa'sh. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of a shutter. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary perspective Viewof the lower sash, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig.1.

To put my invention into practice, I secure to the upper sash of thewindow-frame on its exposed side a shed which consists of a metallicstrip 1, bent at an angle, as indicated at 2, said strip being secured,preferably, near Serial No. 187,928. (No model.)

the base of the sash, whereby when the same is in the upper positionwithin the frames it will lie practically in horizontal alinement withthe upper edge of the lower sash. In opposite sides of the frame 3 Isecure pins or lugs 4 5, the object of which will be hereinafter morefully described. Upon the upper edge of the lower sash 6 Isecure anangleplate 7, the vertical portion 8 of which is sheared away upon itsouter ends, as indicated at 9, forming pins 10, upon which I journal, bymeans of the lugs 11, the shutter 12, which is an angle-plate having thehorizontal portion 1 1, the outer edge of which is slightly flared, asindicated at 15, and formed at right angles to the horizontal portions14 are the vertical portions 16.

When the lower sash is in its raised position from that shown in Fig. 1of the drawings, the normal position of the shutter 12 will be that asillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, wherein the horizontal portion 11 and the flared edge 15 assumes the vertical position, and when thissash is lowered the flared edge 15 of the shutter is adapted to engagethe pins 1 and 5, carried by the frame, and force the horizontal portionoutwardly and into engagement with the angle plate or strip 1, which issecured to the lower part of the upper sash, as will be plainly seen inFig. 1 of the drawings. As these pins engage the shutter the verticalportion 16 thereof will be forced downwardly into engagement with thevertical portion 8 of the angle plateor strip 7, whereby any dirt willbe prevented from entering between the sashes, and when the sashes arein the opposite position from that illustrated in Fig, 1 the enlargedportion 17 of the sash 18 and the enlarged portion 19 of the sash 6 willprevent any moisture, air, or dirt from entering.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, my improved weather-stripis applied to the sashes of a window wherein when one sash is loweredthe other will be raised, and in either position a tight joint will beformed between the sashes to exclude all dampness or rain from theinterior, this form of strip being particularly adapted to ofiicewindows wherein the glass in one of the sashes is generally colored orfrosted, this sash being used in the lower position during the day andof an evening raised to the upper position to allow more light to enterthe building or room.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have illustrated one of the strips as.applicable to a particular form of sash, such as is shown and describedin my application filed January 18, 1904, Serial No. 189.509, and whenthe strip is made for this style of sash I preferably form the same withan extra section, as indicated at 20, whereby when the sash portion 21has been secured to the sash 18 the strip portion 20 will register withthe rest of the strip carried by the sash 18. This style of sash shownis adapted to'be employed with a sash-operating mechanism, such as shownand described in my application filed February 26, 1903, Serial No.145,268, in which toothed wheels are employed to take into the racks. Inthe sash shown in the present application such toothed wheel will takeinto the racks 2, carried by the vertical rails of the sash.

While I have herein shown and described my improved weather-strip assecured to the sashes of the window, it will be noted that the same maybe readily employed upon doors and other places where it is desired toexclude all moisture, air, and dirt, and while I have illustratedthe'preferred form of construction it is obvious thatvarious slightchanges may be made in the general arrangement of the strips whereby thebest results are accomplished.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters- Patent, is-

1. A weather-strip comprising an anglestrip, an angle-plate, said platehaving a shutter pivotally secured thereto, and means for engaging saidshutter with the angle-strip and the angle-plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. A weather-strip comprising an anglestrip, an angle-plate, an angledshutter pivotally mounted on the angle-plate, meansfor engaging the saidshutter with the angle-strip and angle-plate, substantially asdescribed.

3. A weather-strip comprising an angled strip, an angled plate havingits one side sheared away to form pins, an angled shutter mounted uponsaid pins, means to engage said shutter with the angle-strip andangle-plate, substantially as described.

4. A weather-strip comprising an angled strip, an angled plate havingpins formed at its ends, an angled shutter pivotally mounted away toform pins, an angled shutter having its one edge flared, bosses formedin the angle of said shutter and adapted to engage the pins of theangle-plate, pins adapted to engage said shutter and force the same intoengagement with the angled strip and the angled plate, substantially asdescribed.

7 In combination with the sashes of a window, a weather-strip comprisingan angled strip secured to one sash, an angled plate secured to theother sash, an angled shutter pivotally mounted upon the angleplate,means carried by the frame of the window to force the shutter inengagement with the angle-strip of one sash and the angle-plate of theother sash, substantially as described.

8. In combination with the sashes of a window-frame, a weather-stripcomprising an angled strip secured to one sash, and an angled platecarried by the other sash, an angled shutter pivotally mounted upon theangled plate, pins carried by the window-frame to engage said shutterand force the same into engagement with the angle-strip and angledplate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oftwowitnesses.

CHARLES M. RHODES.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HUSTON, E. L. HAMMOND.

